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Amargo Mar

Name: Amargo Mar
Released: 1984

1984

This Bolivian historical drama revisits the War of the Pacific, in which the country lost its coastline and its access to the sea — a wound that still shapes the national memory. A somber period piece.

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Part of 10 Essential Films from Bolivia

This film is stop 6 of 10 in the hand-ranked native-cinema route through Bolivia. See the complete ranking or read the selection methodology.

Watching this film stamps Bolivia in the 196 country film challenge.